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<center><h3> | <center><h3> Costello saves the day </h3></center> | ||
<center>''' Elvis Costello </center> | <center>''' Elvis Costello ''' / My Aim Is True </center> | ||
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<center> Gary Mullinax </center> | <center> Gary Mullinax </center> | ||
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Elvis Costello is the new Graham Parker, who was sort of the new Bruce Springsteen, who saved the day when rock got boring a few years ago.. | Elvis Costello is the new Graham Parker, who was sort of the new Bruce Springsteen, who saved the day when rock got boring a few years ago... | ||
The saviors get punkier and punkier, which isn't necessarily bad. Elvis Costello, however, is not exactly a punk like, say, Johnny Rotten. Costello seems much too meek to be that. | Well, it goes something like that. The saviors get punkier and punkier, which isn't necessarily bad. Elvis Costello, however, is not exactly a punk like, say, Johnny Rotten. Costello seems much too meek to be that. | ||
What he is a 22-year-old former computer operator from England who recently turned to music and now has an album out that is setting the rock avant garde on its much-abused ear. | What he is a 22-year-old former computer operator from England who recently turned to music and now has an album out that is setting the rock avant garde on its much-abused ear. | ||
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The songs zip right along, sounding more like Parker than like any punk band. Costello's band is tighter than most punk bands, though not as tight as Parker's Rumour. There's a little rockabilly in the songs, a little reggae, a little R&B. | The songs zip right along, sounding more like Parker than like any punk band. Costello's band is tighter than most punk bands, though not as tight as Parker's Rumour. There's a little rockabilly in the songs, a little reggae, a little R&B. | ||
Not all of the songs work as well as a lot of critics' think they do. Side 1 doesn't pick up until the fourth of seven songs, a ballad called " | Not all of the songs work as well as a lot of critics' think they do. Side 1 doesn't pick up until the fourth of seven songs, a ballad called "Alison." Here the full force of Costello's sometimes bleak but usually intelligent lyrics comes through. | ||
''"I think somebody better put out the big light,"'' he sings in his throaty voice. ''"I can't stand to see you this way."'' | |||
In the next song, a powerful reggae number called "Watching the | In the next song, a powerful reggae number called "Watching the Detectives," he alludes to a woman ''"filing her nails while they're dragging the lake."'' New wave groups — even those on the edge of the wave like Costello — show a special affinity for the reggae sound. | ||
There are two outstanding songs on Side 2. The first, "The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes," is about being rejected. The second, a Chuck Berry-type rocker, is called "Mystery Dance" and the mystery is sex: ''"You see those pictures in a magazine, but what's the use of lookin' when you don't know what they mean."'' | There are two outstanding songs on Side 2. The first, "The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes," is about being rejected. The second, a Chuck Berry-type rocker, is called "Mystery Dance" and the mystery is sex: ''"You see those pictures in a magazine, but what's the use of lookin' when you don't know what they mean."'' | ||
But there are low points as well as high points. Some of the songs aren't very interesting, and the band isn't heard to advantage. | But there are low points as well as high points. Some of the songs aren't very interesting, and the band isn't heard to advantage. | ||
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